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- Dictionaryremit
verb
- 1. cancel or refrain from exacting or inflicting (a debt or punishment): "the excess of the sentence over 12 months was remitted" Similar
- 2. send (money) in payment or as a gift: "the income they remitted to their families" Similar
noun
- 1. the task or area of activity officially assigned to an individual or organization: British "the committee was becoming caught up in issues that did not fall within its remit"
- 2. an item referred to someone for consideration: "a remit on the question failed"
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to reduce a period of time that someone must spend in prison: She has had part of her sentence remitted. His prison sentence was remitted to two years. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Not punishing & reducing punishment. absolve. amnesty. be off the hookidiom. clear of something. commutation. discharge. escape.
The meaning of REMIT is to lay aside (a mood or disposition) partly or wholly. How to use remit in a sentence.
Remit definition: to transmit or send (money, a check, etc.) to a person or place, usually in payment.. See examples of REMIT used in a sentence.
Someone's remit is the area of activity which they are expected to deal with, or which they have authority to deal with.
noun. /ˈriːmɪt/, /rɪˈmɪt/ [usually singular] (British English) the area of activity over which a particular person or group has authority, control or influence. outside the remit of somebody/something Such decisions are outside the remit of this committee.
Remit means send back, and it has many uses. If you remit payment, you send it back to the person you owe it to. If you’ve been in prison for five years of a seven-year sentence but you’ve been on good behavior, a judge might remit the remainder of your sentence and let you go free.
to send money to someone: He worked as a builder in Chicago and remitted half his monthly wage to his family in the Philippines. formal. to refer a matter to someone in authority to deal with: She remitted the case to a new tribunal for reconsideration.
Define remit. remit synonyms, remit pronunciation, remit translation, English dictionary definition of remit. v. re·mit·ted , re·mit·ting , re·mits v. tr. 1. To transmit in payment. 2. a. To refrain from exacting ; cancel. b. To pardon; forgive: remitted their sins....
to send money, etc. to a person or place synonym forward. remit something to remit funds. remit something to somebody Payment will be remitted to you in full. Definitions on the go. Look up any word in the dictionary offline, anytime, anywhere with the Oxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary app.
1. Someone's remit is the area of activity which they are expected to deal with, or which they have authority to deal with. [British] [...] 2. If you remit money to someone, you send it to them. [formal] [...] 3. In an appeal court, if a case is remitted to the court where it was originally dealt with, it is sent back to be dealt with there.
